RT Journal Article
T1 Clinical features and outcomes of thoracic surgery patients during the COVID-19 pandemic.
A1 Salmerón Jiménez, María
A1 Hermoso Alarza, Fátima
A1 Martínez Serna, Ivan
A1 Marrón Fernández, Carmen
A1 Meneses Pardo, José Carlos
A1 García Salcedo, José Alberto
A1 Torres Serna, Alejandro
A1 Manama Gama, Mario Gustavo
A1 Colmenares Mendoza, Oscar Enrique
A1 Diaz-Hellín Gude, Vicente
A1 Gamez García, Antonio Pablo
K1 Coronavirus disease 2019
K1 Novel coronavirus
K1 Outcomes
K1 Thoracic surgery
AB The goal of this study was to describe the clinical features and outcomes of thoracic surgery patients during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. Thirty-five patients were treated at the 12 de Octubre University Hospital in Madrid between 1 March 2020 and 24 April 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic. Patient demographics, surgical procedures, complications, COVID-19 symptoms and outcomes were recorded. A protocol was introduced to reduce the risk of operating on patients with COVID-19, including symptom screening, a polymerase chain reaction test for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 and computed tomography scans of the chest. Surgical activity changed significantly during this time, from an initial period of near-normal activity, through an emergency-only period and finally a recovery period when some oncological surgical cases were restarted. Selection criteria for surgical patients are also described. A total of 34 patients underwent surgery during the pandemic period. We performed 22 lung resections (11 lobectomies and 11 sublobar resections). No hospital deaths were recorded. An elective surgery patient and an emergency surgery patient were diagnosed with COVID-19 (5.88%). The former died within 30 days after surgery. Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 represents a tremendous limitation for thoracic surgical practice. Preoperative practices to exclude asymptomatic cases infected with the virus allowed us to perform thoracic surgical procedures.
YR 2020
FD 2020
LK https://hdl.handle.net/10668/25403
UL https://hdl.handle.net/10668/25403
LA en
DS RISalud
RD Apr 11, 2025